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I was designing the perfect color scheme for my User Forms and now I have 10 different shades of pink under "Recent Colors" on the Home tab.

How can I clear this?
 

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In case anybody ever searches for this and is looking for the answer the answer is YOU CAN'T.

They're there forever.

Open up a new workbook which has blanks and be more careful next time.
 
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Forever_EX said:
In case anybody ever searches for this and is looking for the answer the answer is YOU CAN'T.

They're there forever.

Open up a new workbook which has blanks and be more careful next time.
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This is not true.

There's a way, explained here:
peltiertech.com

Removing Recent Colors from Microsoft Excel - Peltier Tech Blog

The "Recent Colors" that appear on a Microsoft Office color formatting dropdown are saved in the active document. Here is how to find (and delete) them.
peltiertech.com peltiertech.com
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